Chapter 2394 Crazy? crazy!
In the early spring, the northern region of the desert was still bleak, and there was no sign of recovery. As an area close to the Arctic Ocean, it was the first to feel the threat of ice.
In the warmer climate in the early days, there used to be a large-scale lawn here, but now the gray-black land is exposed. The low temperature has caused a large number of unsuitable vegetation to die, especially the ancient ferns, which have survived for ten years. The old antiques of several centuries, like those guys who think that the laws of their ancestors can last for thousands of years, are unwilling to follow the times, and will naturally be abandoned by the new era.
Of course, after the Little Ice Age, the temperature will naturally recover slowly, the sun will still rise in the east, and it will burn for at least five billion years, but these dead ones are already dead and can never be resurrected.
『Send the order, move faster! 』
The Poshihetou man was riding on horseback, looking at the clansmen who were crossing the river on the bank, he couldn''t help frowning.
『Leader, the upstream ice has melted, and the water flow is a bit urgent... 』The Qianqi Commander at the side quickly explained, 『We brought a lot of cattle and sheep this time...』
"Then you have to act quickly. Look at the soil here, and nothing has grown at all... The next meadow is still 20 to 30 miles away, so we must rush there as soon as possible..." the leader of Poshihe said, "Zhang The generals are waiting in front, if you are late, you will be punished! 』
Hearing this, Chief Qianqi’s expression turned ugly, “I mean…hey, I see, I’ll go and urge you…”
Qianqi rode a long horse and rushed to the river.
『Send someone to take a look at the back! Don''t let those cunning Xianbei **** get away! ’ Po Shihe shouted at the top of his voice.
Chief Qianqi waved his hand to show that he understood.
The leader of Poshihe felt that he was a large shepherd. The two thousand cavalry under his command, as Zhang Yun’s army, not only had to manage the four-legged ones, but also herded the two-legged ones...
From a certain point of view, these four-legged and two-legged animals are the spoils of war of the Han people, and Poshi River is only in charge of them.
To take care of these cattle and sheep, but also to watch over those captives.
Fortunately, these captives are also herdsmen and know how to take care of cattle and sheep, and when the Han people promised that they could keep some of their cattle and sheep according to the conditions of these captives’ grazing cattle and sheep, these captives would also Taking care of the cattle and sheep very consciously saved Po Shihe and others a lot of energy.
In the desert, the strong own everything.
The leader of Po Shihe watched, and after a while, he sighed slightly.
The guard on the side glanced at the leader, "Boss, how can this Han be so powerful?" Bingjia and knives are good, that''s fine, the Han people are good at these things...but now the riding skills are better than us... It''s like we don''t need to rest, every time we can go ahead of us, and then wait We have arrived, they have already rested, and there is a pile of grass and debris left...』
The leader of Poshihe was silent for a moment, "I can''t figure it out either..."
In fact, although Zhang He led the Han army and assisted Poshihe to quell the rebellion of Jiankun State, not all the people in Poshihe could immediately and smoothly accept the concept of the power of the Han people and their willingness to obey the Han people. Command, and on the road to return. After all, no matter what clan it is, there are always some people who think they are smart and others are fools, don''t they?
There are also some people who are not aimed at the Han people, or Zhang He has any opinions, but they simply don’t want to change places, and feel that the places they are used to are good. As for the white disaster and the black disaster, it is still far away. Hundreds of miles away! Even if something really happened, it''s not too late to think about moving out. Why do you want to evacuate at the beginning of spring?
Living in the desert for decades and hundreds of years, many people''s thinking has been assimilated by the desert, slow and dull. Therefore, these people also find it difficult to understand why the Han Chinese cavalry can run faster than them, reach their destination earlier, and then get time to repair, while they have to keep speeding up, speeding up, and then can''t get up soon...
These people are still alive in the last century.
The thing I think about every day is cattle and sheep, and the happiest thing is that there are more cattle and sheep, and the population increases, and then I have meat to eat and wine to drink, and then the days go by without recalling the past or looking forward to the future, just So alive, it seems to be dead.
The leader of Poshihe looked at the river, feeling an indescribable feeling, and he couldn''t help but sighed.
He himself didn''t know why he sighed.
I can''t figure it out.
How many years has it been? Are the Han Chinese already this powerful?
The Poshihe family can be said to have won the Jiankun civil war, but it did not change the plight of the Jiankun country. The cold wave from the north still forced them to migrate south to find better pastures. During the migration process, most of Zhang He''s subordinates went south first, and the other small part, that is, the part that followed Zhang He, started to move horizontally to the southeast as a logistical supply for Zhang He and others...
...wow~⊙o⊙...
The Korean wave in the world is a family, er, the cold current, they are all so bad, and they try their best to toss and destroy the economic order of the desert, trying to turn all the places they touch into a pale appearance.
Early morning.
In the Dingling tribe, there was no need for the nobles to urge to whip them, and there was no need to call out. The Dingling tribesmen who had been busy in the middle of the night the day before got up and climbed out of the low tents or simple straw huts.
It’s not that they are highly enlightened, but that it’s too cold in the desert at the moment!
I arrived here temporarily yesterday, and the camp has not been fully set up. I have to continue to work today. Many ordinary herdsmen just drink some raw water and eat some black pancakes that are as dry as stones.
On the land of China, the farther you go to the south, the more soupy the meals are. The ingredients are fresh, and you can cook and eat them now. It’s not that these Han people who are close to the south pursue a quality life, but because if they don’t do this, the food will easily rot. , unless it''s those who like to have a preference for carrion...
Stinky tofu with stinky bamboo shoots, plus a stinky mandarin fish.
In the area closer to the northern desert, a lot of food is becoming more and more dry and hard, like stones, which can be used for fighting.
These herdsmen like Ding Ling basically eat black pancakes pressed from dried wild vegetables and grain powder. Those who are a little richer also have some dairy products.
And those ordinary Dingling families who cook relatively fresh meat have no happy expression at all, but seem to be sadder than their dead parents, because these relatively fresh meat only mean one thing, That is, for ordinary shepherd families who are not aristocratic, if cattle and sheep have just died, they can only eat these dead cattle and sheep as soon as possible.
Dingling people, as well as herdsmen in the desert, eating beef and mutton at this time is almost equivalent to the Han farmers cooking seeds in a pot in spring...
Sad and hopeless.
Ding Ling’s nobles have better food, but it’s limited. Aristocrats have dairy products and jerky. The nobles would not touch the cattle and sheep that died of illness on the way. The nobles ate freshly killed, healthy beef and mutton, or jerky made of these healthy beef and mutton.
The world is in chaos, the economic order everywhere has collapsed along with the collapse of the political order, and the destruction of production by the war is even more comprehensive, which makes life difficult everywhere.
However, even if it is not easy, the Han people still have developed handicrafts and planting industries, which can form an internal circular economic system in a city or a large manor.
In the desert, these Hu people who lost their trading system and even encountered a cold wave fell faster and more completely than the Han people...
fell to the red line of abject poverty.
Ding Ling''s leader was also a little dazed.
Before, the beginning of spring means that new hope is coming. The cattle and sheep are all over the mountains and plains eating the grass that has grown wildly. , and then the fat of the cattle and sheep that have lost weight in the winter becomes visible to the naked eye.
The tribe will also be full of laughter, some will play the huqin, and then some will spin and dance, celebrating the passing of winter and the coming of spring...
Livestock reproduce in summer, new cubs are born in autumn, hay is stored, and it is another winter.
Then he watched more and more cattle and sheep in his family, full of haystacks, wrapped in a leather robe and looked at Feixue contentedly, drank some kumiss, and ate a piece of bacon jerky.
But what, how did it become the current situation?
For decades, hundreds of years, haven''t these days been good?
How do you say that it changes when it changes?
I can''t figure it out.
Under the morning sun, Ding Lingren endured exhaustion, hunger, cold and panic in his heart, and began to get busy around.
The desert is huge, sometimes it seems that it can accommodate endless people, cattle, sheep, horses, but sometimes it is very small, especially when it has to move south because the pastures in the north were basically destroyed by the snowstorm. In the desert, it is easy to run into each other, sometimes it is neighbors and friends, sometimes...
A shrill cry sounded from afar, causing Ding Lingtou''s hands to tremble uncontrollably, and half a bowl of water splashed on the ground, but he didn''t care about it at all, he just stood up straight and tried his best to look into the distance.
A three-color flag appeared in the distance.
Ding Lingren was no stranger to the battle flag of General Hussars, but no one expected to see this tricolor flag here. It''s like every driver will understand the need to drive safely when they get on the road, but when an accident happens, no one can think of it.
This three-color flag was just the beginning. As the sirens became more and more horrific, as if emerging from the grassy slopes in the sky, a large number of Han cavalry appeared continuously!
The Dingling tribe did not do any defense at all, nor did they send scouts around to detect, because at this time, no, not only now, but a few years ago, ten years ago, decades ago, there were no Han people in this time period Invading into the depths of the desert, they have never reached this area!
For Ding Lingren, this place is like a bedroom in their own home. Who would set up sentries in the bedroom and check the doors, windows and walls for safety and integrity?
The Han cavalrymen are tall and tall, wearing finely polished and shiny iron armor, red cloaks, and iron helmets. Many cavalrymen also have white feathers as decorations...
This almost means that many of these cavalry are elite!
In the army, although many items are standard, there are also some very personal, or personalized items. Like the feathers on the helmet. Even if the recruits are greedy, they can''t put feathers on their helmets at will, unless the feathers are allotted from the beginning.
It’s like some medals or armbands of later generations. Veterans wear them all right, but recruits wear their badges to show off as soon as they enter the company...
The few Ding Ling people in front of the Han cavalry had no time to think, and their first reaction was to turn around and flee...
This is also normal.
In this era, especially in the present, from the point of view of a small group of people, the equipment on ten or twenty of them may not be as valuable as the equipment on a cavalry general of the hussar general. Almost, if you can get it by jumping, it will inspire the courage to challenge, but if the gap is too large, it will often inspire fear.
Watching the Ding Ling people flee, the Han Chinese cavalry did not launch a pursuit, but calmly gathered in formation.
The Han Chinese cavalry is an elite army. From a distance, it looks like a blooming steel flower. This is not an exaggeration at all, because many Dingling people have been frightened and silly, and even tears of happiness or sadness flowed from their open mouths.
These Han army cavalry swaggered into neat formations on the hillside within sight of Dingling people, two of them were on the flanks, posing in a long geese posture for cover, and the rest were in the middle, and they were all divided into two groups. The formation of three sharp arrows, everyone with a little military experience knows that this is a classic Han cavalry formation...
Both offensive and defensive, it seems to contain endless power.
Frightening power.
Many Ding Ling people turned their heads to look at their leader, but Ding Ling’s leader felt cold all over his body. It would be fine if he encountered Han Chinese cavalry during the battle. If he couldn’t fight, he would run away, but now...
The whole family, old and young, are all here, and the cattle, sheep and livestock are all scattered. Fighting is almost certainly impossible, but running, how can you run, where will you go, and how can you survive if you run?
At this time, as the leader, he knew that the more hesitant he was, the more he was wasting everyone''s life, but he still couldn''t think of a way to...
It''s like facing the cold wave in the north, fear and helplessness, and at the same time feel small and incompetent.
Just when the leader Ding Ling was hesitating and at a loss, Zhang Yun looked at the Ding Ling tribe from afar.
『Originally, I thought that we still had to go a long way... 』Zhang Yun smiled, 『I didn’t expect that all these small people would be sent directly to the horse...』
『Maybe the white disaster in the north was too severe, causing many people to move south? Poshi Heyuanchang looked at the front and said, "This tribe is not big, so it shouldn''t be directly under the Dingling Royal Court..."
This time, it was Po Shihe Yuanchang who accompanied Zhang Xi, on the one hand as a guide to guide the way, on the other hand, it can be regarded as adding some merits to himself for returning to the big man.
『Order! Zhang He pointed with his spear, "Tell them, surrender!" Or, die! 』
Pity and sympathy are good virtues when applied to one''s own people, but it is quite interesting to abuse this virtue and even use it on aliens, including but not limited to humans.
Just like this piece of grassland, this piece of pasture, occupied by Ding Ling people, it is impossible to share it with other nomadic peoples, let alone the Han people, even if there is no Hussar General Fei Qian to support and build such a powerful , A cavalry unit capable of traveling far enough, these Dingling people, no, even the Huns and Xianbei people before, will treat the Han people like cattle and sheep.
Many Han cavalrymen understand some Xiongnu and Xianbei languages, but the cultural system in the desert is too chaotic, and there is no unified model at all. When the new generation of kings climbs up from the bones of the previous generation, they often think of inheritance. , but to tamper with the things of the previous generation to become your own, such as filling in some sounds, removing some strokes, etc., and then you can claim that it is your own original creation, indicating that it is the wisdom bestowed by the gods.
Therefore, in the desert, Poshihe Yuanchang, who had long-term trade relations with other tribes, played the role of a communication bridge, just like now, the tribesmen of Poshihe followed the Han cavalry and loudly sent out a message to the Dingling tribe. warn.
There were not many accidents. After a while, the leader of the Ding Ling tribe was like a dog, wagging his tail and lying in front of Zhang Yun''s horse...
…☆｀☆…
The Poshihe logistics troops who were rushing in the rear finally arrived at the scheduled location, but unfortunately they heard the news that Zhang Yun''s large troops had already set off, and the head of the Poshihe branch who led the team immediately opened his mouth wide open. , "Han people, are all these Han people made of iron?" No need to rest? 』
Immediately, the head of Poshihe received a new order from Poshihe Yuanchang, asking the logistics force to accept the tribe in charge of the Dingling people and continue to move east...
『Let’s go! 』
This Dingling tribe to be incorporated is obviously not the first, nor will it be the last. Under the command of the two thousand cavalry chiefs in Poshihe''s logistics, these Dingling tribes that were incorporated along the way, whether it is the remnants of Xianbei , seems to be very well-behaved, but the leader of Poshihe knows that this is like pushing down a snowball on the top of a mountain. !
In case of that...
The logistics leader of Po Shihe couldn''t figure it out, and even thought about it a little bit and felt terrified.
『What do the Han people want to do? ! 』
『Is it possible that the Han people want to sweep the entire northern desert like the Xiongnu or Xianbei did? ! 』
『Crazy, really crazy! 』
(end of this chapter)