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The Wind Rises in Chang'an Chapter 320 Marching and Spring Rain

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    Three hundred miles northeast of Yinshan Mountain, in the heart of the Monan Grassland, 150,000 Han troops were trudging through the pulpy mud.  ¡÷ Every spring when the ice and snow melt, the desert grassland instantly turns into a muddy pond, especially when it catches up with the continuous spring rain. It rains continuously for seven or eight days and everything is wet and uncomfortable. The food carried by the army is almost moldy.  .  Wei Qing was ordered to attack the main force of Shanyu's headquarters entrenched on the grassland. One hundred thousand Northern troops came to the border county to recruit national soldiers from Fanshang County from several counties to fight together. In just half a month, the efficiency of recruiting 50,000 national soldiers from the counties was quite good, so he  So he ordered the army to march out of the fortress without stopping. Unfortunately, the unfortunate rainy season came.  When I heard that the Han army was out to attack the Huns, the cunning Huns had already stopped and disappeared without a trace. The Huns have no so-called face and hearts. The grassland nomads are just a pack of greedy wolves. As long as they think they have an advantage, they will take advantage of them.  They would swarm up and retreat without hesitation if they felt it was difficult to fight. This made the Han soldiers who were fully prepared to catch the Huns by surprise very disappointed.  The target of the Northern Expedition, the Huns, had escaped, and the Han army was in an embarrassing situation with nowhere to turn. Before leaving the army, they swore to the emperor that the Huns would not return unless they broke their promise. Now, it seems a bit unreasonable to turn around and go back to the border counties to wait for the opportunity. They lingered on the grassland for half a month before making a decision.  Determined to continue heading north.  Boom!  A bolt of lightning pierced the sky, and the continuous light rain suddenly turned into a downpour. Lieutenant Xue Ze complained: "General, the rain has been getting heavier and heavier these days. Why don't we set up camp and wait for the rain to stop before leaving?" Wei Qing looked back at the troops.  The general had plenty to eat, but he knew that no one was used to trekking in heavy rain, especially since more and more soldiers were suffering from acclimatization and dysentery recently.  The high morale in the army will inevitably be adversely affected, and the combat effectiveness of young soldiers cannot be guaranteed in the long run.  The morale of the military cannot be stabilized.  After thinking about it and having no clue, Wei Qing sighed: "Forget it! Then find a high slope with water and set up camp. Treat the sick soldiers as soon as possible, and wait until the rain has passed and the sky clears before continuing to march north to attack the Huns." At the same time,  Three hundred miles away, the main force of the Xiongnu Chanyu headquarters temporarily camped, and the Huns were also enduring the suffering of the rainy season.  King Zuo Xian, Qitan, stared at the continuous raindrops outside the king's tent, and kept muttering: "What the hell is this? The weather keeps falling. In the past, it would clear up in the next five or seven days, but this year it rained continuously."  "There has been a lot of rain this year. In the past, it would be sunny for a few days. The situation this year is particularly different. The grain collected from Longcheng last year had to be dried, otherwise it would become moldy.  "It's gone bad." Lieutenant Zuo is the current head of the Lan family. The Lan family has been the best candidate for the Xiongnu family since the Motun Chanyu era. It is equivalent to the first cousin family of the Xiongnu. For decades, it has been in charge of the money and food of the Shanyu royal court.  His high authority won the trust of two generations of Chanyus, and even King Zuo Xian did not dare to act arbitrarily with him.  "Captain Zuo, do we have enough food to eat?" "There are also 180,000 shi of corn and 20,000 shi of soybeans. The Han slaves in the royal court are too stupid. They say they can't grow 4 shi of grain per acre of Han land.  . I personally killed more than 20 Han slaves and got the same answer. It seems that there is no way that Da Shanyu's experiment can succeed." King Zuo Xian believed that he never believed that the proud Huns wanted to learn from the Han people.  Planting technology, they have vast pastures and countless cattle and sheep.  As long as you graze on the pasture every day, you can live a good life. There is no need to use the best land adjacent to the river to grow food. Shanyu decided to study farming techniques from the time of his old age.  Decades ago, they made great efforts to capture more than 200,000 Han people from the border counties of Han Dynasty. In the end, they worked hard and could not harvest more than 2 shi of corn per acre. ?? Calculated, the efficiency of farming is not as comfortable as grazing.  At least one experienced herdsman with a dozen shepherd dogs can look after thousands of cattle and sheep without any pressure, and 3,000 herdsmen can herd the millions of cattle and sheep needed by the tribe.  The remaining young men can go hunting and invade other tribes to rob people, cattle and sheep.  Men go hunting and military robbery, while women and children guard the tribe's herding and resist military robbery. This is the nomadic tradition of the Xiongnu tribe and the earlier Rongdi era for thousands of years. Although this tradition is simple and crude and has no technical content, on the grasslands  The herdsmen relied on such simple thinking to survive thousands of spring, summer, autumn and winter.  "Captain Zuo is wrong! From my point of view, farming is very meaningful." The two Xiongnu nobles turned their heads and looked over. Wei Youqu, wearing the common national costume of the Xiongnu, was walking towards him step by step. King Zuo Xian was furious.  Angry: "You don't have the guts to interrupt, just get out of here and stay." Wei Youqu's face turned green and he smiled unnaturally: "Honorable King Zuo Xian, Captain Zuo, I'm just explaining the big deal  Regarding the idea of ??developing farming, if you have any comments on my explanation, please point it out. If you are not satisfied with the development of farming, please make a suggestion to Da Chanyu. If you don¡¯t object, can I continue?¡±   "Hey! You still dare to stalk you, is it because the whip is too short for you?" "Forget it, it won't make any difference if you let him say a few words, why offend the Shanyu for a dog." Zuo Dadu  Wei gently pulled him back, and King Zuo Xian glared fiercely and put away the riding whip he held high.  Wei Youqu took a deep breath and tried not to be impulsive. If he unwisely stood up and said something he shouldn't have said, what awaited him would not be a whip but a knife. Even if the military minister Shan Yu was present, he would not stop an humiliated person.  A great noble takes revenge on someone who is even more humble. In the court of the Huns, he is the one with a humble status.  Tribes with soldiers on the grassland have status, while tribes without soldiers have no status. In name, Wei Youqu's father is one of the 24 new 10,000 cavalry commanders. In fact, Wei's North Korea did not send a single soldier to help.  It is conceivable what his status as a polished commander with an eye on the name of the Crown Prince would be like. He was far behind the respected Han general Zhao She, but at most he was slightly better than the BOC of the year.  Wei Youqu gradually calmed down after constantly suggesting to himself that the two of them were nothing but shit. "You two must understand the great Shanyu's painstaking efforts. We Huns are the well-deserved overlords on the grassland, but the Huns rely too much on the meat transported by cattle and sheep."  In order to provide supplies, once we encounter a situation like last winter's invasion of Xianbei and Wuhuan, we must kill the thin cattle and sheep to survive. Every time a cow and sheep are killed, there will be fewer lively lambs in the next year. In the Han people's words, this is killing a chicken to obtain eggs.  ¡± King Zuo Xian raised his head arrogantly and said in a contemptuous tone: ¡°But we won in the end. The cattle and sheep we captured made up for the price, and there was still a slight surplus. This is our great Huns.¡±  What if the severe winter snowfall two years ago froze to death tens of millions of cattle and sheep from thousands of tribes in the north and south of the desert? " King Zuo Xian's face froze: "What do you think we should do?"  "The failure of the Battle of Yanmen is unforgettable." "You are looking for death!" King Zuo Xian was caught by Captain Zuo. The Battle of Yanmen was a scar he never wanted to touch. The dignified King Zuo Xian was once chased and worried about Zuo Xian.  After the royal court was captured, he thought day and night whether he could take the lead and flee to Mobei Longcheng to avoid the enemy. He was shocked and ashamed of the weakness he showed. He always wanted to defeat the Han people and prove that he was still a brave Huns.  warrior.  It is painful to have a scar uncovered, but sometimes you have to face a bloody wound, especially when the wound has little to do with you. Wei Youqu has little to do with the Battle of Yanmen. He can do nothing about it.  He has no burden to use the Battle of Yanmen to express his views. As for whether King Zuo Xian will be angry or not, it has much to do with him. The Battle of Yanmen exists objectively and is regarded as a shame for the entire Xiongnu. King Zuo Xian cannot use it to express his views.  Kill him for this reason.  King Zuo Xian was furious but could not retaliate against him. Wei Youqu's mood suddenly became very comfortable: "Without the corn supply from Longcheng, we would have to face the heavy winter snowfall that occurs once every ten years, and we would lose hundreds of dollars each time."  Tens of thousands of cattle and sheep, and up to tens of millions of cattle and sheep. With such heavy losses, we had to go south and fight to the death with the Han people to grab food. In the end, we fought hard and suffered seven injuries, so the Huns have not developed very fast in recent decades.  This is the reason. The great old Shanyu discovered this tendency when he was in power, so he advocated the establishment of a Han farming area in Mobei, using Han people who are good at farming to cultivate the fields and feed our great Huns warriors who continue to wage wars.  " "Let's go! You can go back with your stuff! We don't want to hear your nonsense here." Lieutenant Zuo did not hesitate to issue the expulsion order, without showing his knowledge or personal improvement.  When he had the opportunity to express his image, he walked out of the king's tent with regret and saw a man wearing a raincoat walking around the camp not far away. He knew the man wearing a raincoat walking around in the camp. He was Zhao She, whom the military minister Chanyu trusted very much.  A confidant and adviser, he also served as the teacher of Prince Yu Shan.  He was very envious of this man's situation. A general named Zhou Yafu, a famous general of the Han family, avenged the Zhou family and single-handedly contributed to Emperor Jing's serious illness, which indirectly led to the death of an emperor. He came to the court of the Xiongnu to continuously plan military plans for conquests in the east and west, and took the lead with one hand.  He also strongly opposed the ambush plan for King Wuhuan and the division of troops to raid Xianbei and Wuhuan last year. He also strongly opposed the southern invasion plan mentioned by the Bank of China last year. Facts have proved that his opposition was prescient.  "Mr. Zhao! Meet Mr. Zhao in the lower Wei Youqu." Zhao She turned around to see him and said with a smile on his face: "His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince of Wei Dynasty, I don't know if there is anything you need the help of an incompetent person like me.  " "You're welcome. I know you are the main planner of this southern invasion plan. I want to know your specific plans. Do we really want to avoid the main force of the Han army and not fight?  There is absolutely no problem with the morale and eliteness of taking the initiative to fight the Han army. Is it really okay to retreat like this? " Wei Youqu made a very sharp point.question.  (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature. The novels will be better and updated faster!
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