Chapter 2394 Crazy? Crazy!
In early spring, the northern part of the desert was still desolate, and there was no sign of recovery. As an area close to the Arctic frozen soil and ice ocean, it was the first to feel the threat of ice.
In the early warmer climate, there used to be a large-scale lawn here, but now the gray-black land is exposed. The low temperature caused the death of a large number of unadapted vegetation, especially the ancient ferns, which have survived for ten years. Centuries old antiques, like those who think that their ancestors'' methods can be practiced 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 has passed, the temperature will naturally recover slowly, and the sun will still rise in the east. It will burn for more or less five billion years, but these dead ones are already dead and can never be resurrected.
‘Give me the order and move faster! 』
The Poshi Hetou man was riding on horseback and frowned as he looked at the tribesmen crossing the river on the bank.
"Chief, the ice upstream has melted, and the current is a bit fast..." Qianqi Commander on the side quickly explained, "We have brought a lot of cattle and sheep this time..."
"Then you have to move faster. Look at the soil here, nothing is growing at all... The next meadow is still twenty or thirty miles away. We must rush there as soon as possible..." The leader of Po Shihe said, "Zhang The generals are waiting in front. If you are late, you will be punished! 』
After hearing this, Commander Qian''s face became a little ugly, "What I mean is...hey, I understand, I''ll go and urge you..."
?Thousands of horsemen and horses rushed towards 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 lungs.
Chief Qian waved his hand to show that he understood.
Leader Po Shihe felt that he was a big shepherd. The two thousand cavalry he commanded, as Zhang He''s army, not only had to take care of the four-legged ones, but also herd the two-legged ones...
From a certain point of view, these four-legged and two-legged ones are all trophies of the Han people, and Poshihe only manages them on their behalf.
You must take care of the cattle and sheep, and you must also watch over the captives.
Fortunately, these captives were also herdsmen and knew how to take care of cattle and sheep. Moreover, when the Han people promised that they could keep some of the cattle and sheep based on the grazing conditions of these captives as a measure of how they could keep some of the cattle and sheep in the future, 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 looked at it, and after a moment, he sighed slightly.
The guard on the side glanced at the leader and said, "Chief, how can this Han man be so powerful?" Wearing armor and swords is good, so forget it, the Han people are good at these things... But now their riding skills are actually better than ours... It''s like they don''t need to rest, they can walk in front of us every time, and then wait. When we arrived, they had already rested, leaving only grass and debris on the ground..."
Leader Po Shihe was silent for a moment, "I can''t figure it out either..."
In fact, although Zhang He led the Han cavalry to assist Po Shihe in quelling the rebellion of the Jiankun Kingdom, not all the people in Po Shihe could immediately and smoothly accept the powerful concepts of the Han people and their willingness to obey the Han people. to lead and lead the way back. After all, no matter what clan you are in, there are always some people who think they are smart and others are fools, right?
There are also some people who do not have any objections against the Han people or Zhang He. They simply do not want to change places and feel that the place they are used to is good. As for the white disaster and the black disaster, they are still far away. Hundreds of miles away! Even if something really happens, it''s not too late to consider moving out. Why do we have to evacuate at the beginning of spring?
After living in the desert for decades or hundreds of years, many people’s thinking has been assimilated by the desert, making them slow and dull. Therefore, it is difficult for these people to understand why the Han cavalry can run faster than them, arrive at the destination earlier, and then have time to repair, while they have to keep speeding up, speeding up, and then... Can''t get up quickly...
These people are still living in the last century.
The things I think about every day are cattle and sheep, and the happiest thing is that there are more cattle and sheep, and the population is more, and then there is meat to eat and wine to drink, and then the days go by day by day, without thinking about the past or looking forward to the future. Being alive like this seems to be dead.
The leader of Poshihe looked at the river. An indescribable emotion came to his mind, and he couldn''t help but sigh.
He himself didn’t know why he sighed.
Can’t understand.
How many years has it been? Are the Han people already so powerful?
The Poshihe clan can be said to have won the Jiankun Civil War, but it did not change the plight faced by the Jiankun Kingdom. The cold wave from the north still forced them to move south to find better pastures. During the migration, most of the men who followed Zhang He went south first, while the other small group, that is, the part who followed Zhang He, served as logistical supplies for Zhang He and others, and began to move laterally to the southeast...
…wow~⊙o⊙…
The Korean Wave in the world is a, uh, cold wave. They are all so bad. They try their best to destroy the economic order of the desert, destroying it as much as possible, trying to make all the places it comes into contact with turn pale. appearance.
Early morning.
?In the Ding Ling tribe, there is no need for the nobles to urge and whip them, nor do they need to call out in particular. The Ding Ling tribe members who had been busy for half the night the day before took the initiative to get up and climb out of the low tents or simple thatched sheds.
It’s not that they have high consciousness, but it’s really too cold in the desert right now!
I arrived here temporarily yesterday, but the camp has not been completely set up. Today I have to continue working. Many ordinary herdsmen just drank some boiled water and ate some black pancakes that were as hard as rocks.
In the land of China, the further south you go, the more food you eat is soup, with fresh ingredients, cooked and eaten immediately. This is not because these Han people living closer to the south pursue a quality of life, but because if they don''t do this, the food will easily rot and spoil. , except for those who have a preference for carrion...
Stinky tofu with stinky bamboo shoots and a piece of stinky mandarin fish.
?As for the areas closer to the northern desert, a lot of food is increasingly dry and hard, like stones, and can be used for fighting.
?Herders like those in Dingling basically eat black cakes made from dried wild vegetables and grain powder. The slightly richer ones also eat some dairy products.
And those ordinary Dingling families who cook relatively fresh meat have no happy expressions at all, but seem to be sadder than their dead parents, because these relatively fresh meats only mean one thing, For ordinary shepherd families who are not nobles, if their cattle and sheep have just died, they can only eat these dead cattle and sheep as soon as possible.
??Dingling people and herdsmen in the desert, eating beef and mutton at this time is almost the same as Han farmers cooking seeds in a pot in the spring...
Sad and hopeless.
The food available to the nobles in Dingling is relatively better, but it is also very limited. The nobility had dairy products and dried meat. The nobles would not touch the cattle and sheep that died of disease on the way. The nobles ate freshly killed, healthy beef and mutton, or dried meat made from these healthy beef and mutton.
?The world is in chaos, and the economic order everywhere collapses with the collapse of the political order. The war damages production in all aspects, which makes life difficult for everyone.
However, even if it is not easy, the Han people still have developed handicrafts and planting industries, which can form an internal circulation economic system in a city or large estate.
In the desert, these Hu people who lost their trading system and even encountered cold waves fell faster and more completely than the Han people...
Falling into the red line of extreme poverty.
Ding Ling’s leader was also a little confused.
Previously, spring had begun, which meant that new hope had arrived. Cows and sheep were eating the green grass that was growing wildly all over the mountains and fields. It was as if the grass had just taken one bite, and then the next bite was eagerly stuffed into the mouths of the cows and sheep. , and then the fat lost by cattle and sheep in winter will be visible to the naked eye.
The tribe will also be full of laughter. Some people will play the huqin, and then some will spin and dance to celebrate the passing of winter and the coming of spring... The livestock breeds in summer, gives birth to new cubs in autumn, reserves hay, and so on. One winter.
Then he looked at the growing number of cattle and sheep in his house, and the piles of hay. He wrapped himself in a leather robe and looked at the flying snow contentedly. He drank some kumiss and gnawed on a piece of bacon jerky.
But why, how did it end up in this situation?
?Hasn’t this life been a good one for decades or hundreds of years?
How do you say it changes when it changes?
Can’t understand.
Under the early morning sunshine, the Ding Ling people endured fatigue, hunger, cold and inner panic, and began to get busy in the surrounding area.
The desert is very large. Sometimes it seems that it can accommodate endless people, cattle, sheep, and horses, but sometimes it is very small, especially when the pastures in the north were basically destroyed by snowstorms and they had to move south. It''s easy to bump into each other in the desert. Sometimes we bump into neighbors and friends. Sometimes...
The screaming sounded from the distance, so that Ding Ling''s hand could not help shaking, and half a bowl of water was splashed to the ground, but he couldn''t care much at all, but just stood upright and tried his best to look at the distance.
A three-color flag appears in the distance.
The people of Dingling are no strangers to the battle flag of the Hussars General, but no one expected to see this tricolor flag here. Just 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 siren became more and more shrill, as if emerging from the grassy slopes of the horizon, a large number of Han cavalry appeared one after another!
The Ding Ling tribe did not put up any defense at all, nor did they send scouts around for detection, because at this time, no, not only now, but also a few years ago, more than ten years ago, and decades ago, there were no Han people in this time period. They have invaded the depths of the desert and have never reached this area!
To the Dingling people, this place is like a bedroom at home. Who would place sentries in the bedroom and check that the doors, windows and walls are safe and intact?
The Han cavalry are all tall, wearing finely polished shiny iron armor, red cloaks, and iron helmets. Many of the cavalry are also decorated with white feathers...
This almost means that many of these cavalry are elite!
In the military, although many items are standard, there are also some very personal, or personalized items. Such as the feathers on the helmet. Even if the recruit Danzi takes a look at it, he can''t put feathers on his helmet at will, unless the feathers are issued from the beginning.
??It''s like some medals or armbands in later generations. It''s okay for veterans to wear them, but as soon as recruits join the company, they wear the badges to show off...
??The few Ding Ling people in front of the Han cavalry had no time to think too much, and their first reaction was to turn around and run away...
This is also normal.
?In this era, especially now, from the perspective of the Ding Ling people, the equipment of ten or twenty of them together may not be as valuable as the equipment of one cavalryman of the Hussars General. If you are close, what you can get by jumping will inspire the courage to challenge, but if the gap is too big, it will often inspire fear.
Watching the Ding Ling people flee, the Han cavalry did not launch a pursuit, but calmly gathered in formation.
??The Han cavalry formation is elite. Looking from a distance, it looks like a blooming steel flower. It is so gorgeous under the sunlight in the early morning that it makes people look ugly at the sight. This is no exaggeration at all, because many Ding Ling people were so frightened that they even shed tears of happiness or unhappiness with their mouths open.
These Han cavalry were swaggering into a neat military formation on the hillside within sight of Ding Ling. Two of them were on the flanks, arranged in a long flying geese posture for cover, and then the rest were divided into three groups in the middle. Anyone with a little military experience knows that this is a classic Han cavalry formation...
It is both offensive and defensive, and seems to contain endless power.
Haunting power.
??Many Ding Ling people looked back at their leader, but the Ding Ling leader was chilling all over. It would be fine if they encountered Han cavalry in battle. They could not fight and run away, but now...
The whole family is here, old and young, and the cattle, sheep, and livestock are scattered in all directions. If you fight, you will almost certainly be defeated, but if you run, how can you run, where can you run, and how can you survive if you run?
At this time, as the leader, he knew that the more he hesitated, the more everyone’s lives would be wasted, but he still couldn’t think of a way...
It’s like facing the cold wave from the north, with fear and helplessness, and at the same time feeling insignificant and incompetent.
??Just when leader Ding Ling was hesitant and at a loss to advance or retreat, Zhang He looked at the Ding Ling tribe from a distance.
“Originally, I thought we still had to walk a long way...” Zhang He smiled, “I didn’t expect these Ding Ling people to be sent directly to the horse...”
Perhaps the white plague in the north was too severe, causing many Dingling people to move south? ” Po Shi He Yuanchang was sitting a little behind Zhang He, looking ahead and said, “This tribe is not big, so it should not be directly under the Ding Ling Royal Court...”
?This time, it was Po Shihe Yuanchang who accompanied Zhang He. On the one hand, he served as a guide and on the other hand, he also added some merits to his return to the Han Dynasty.
order! Zhang He pointed his spear, "Tell them, surrender!" Or, die! 』
?Pity and sympathy are good qualities when used on one''s own people, but it is quite interesting to abuse this kind of 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 the Ding Ling people, it would be impossible to share it with other nomads, let alone the Han people, even without the support and creation of such a powerful cavalry general Fei Qian. , a cavalry unit with enough ability to travel far, these Dingling people, no, even the previous Huns and Xianbei people, will treat the Han people like cattle and sheep.
Many Han cavalry understand some Xiongnu and Xianbei languages, but the cultural system in the desert is too chaotic and has not formed a unified model at all. When a new generation of kings rises from the bones of the previous generation, they often think of something other than inheritance. , but to tamper with the things of the previous generation and make them your own, such as filling in some sounds, removing some strokes, etc., and then you can claim to be your own original creation, indicating that this is the wisdom given by God.
Therefore, in the desert, Poshihe Yuanchang, who has had some trade exchanges with other tribes for a long time, has acted as a communication bridge. Just like now, the Poshihe tribe followed the Han cavalry and loudly issued a warning to the Dingling tribe. warn.
Without much surprise, after a while, the leader of the Ding Ling tribe lay down in front of Zhang He''s horse like a dog, wagging his tail...
…☆｀☆…
The Poshihe logistics troops who were rushing behind the scenes finally arrived at the scheduled location, but unfortunately they heard the news that Zhang He''s large army had already set off, which immediately made the leader of the Poshihe branch open his mouth. , "Han people, are all Han people made of iron?" Don''t you need any rest? 』
?Soon, the leader of Poshihe received a new order from Poshihe Yuanchang, requiring the logistics troops to take over the control of the Dingling tribe and continue to move eastward...
『Still going! 』
This Dingling tribe is obviously not the first one, nor will it be the last one. Under the leadership of the two thousand cavalry commanders in Poshihe Logistics, these Dingling tribes that were incorporated along the way, or the remnants of Xianbei , all seem to be very well-behaved, but the leader of Poshihe knows that this is like pushing a snowball down from the top of the mountain. The snowball will get bigger and bigger. Although the momentum will become stronger and stronger, it will also become harder to control. !
What if that something...
?Po Shihe’s logistics leader couldn’t figure it out, and even thinking about it for a moment felt frightened.
What do the Han people want to do? ! 』
“Is it possible that the Han people want to sweep across the entire northern desert like the Xiongnu or Xianbei did? ! 』
Crazy, really crazy! 』
(End of this chapter)