Chapter 308 Don't talk, shut up(1/2)
At this moment, Lu Jia became a publicity ambassador. In order to achieve the best effect, he even did not hesitate to use his own real experience to speak out.
Of course, Lu Jia would never admit that he existed next to the captured Wang.
Now Lu Jia's identity is the Han Dynasty envoy, so he naturally represents the Han Dynasty.
How could a messenger from a powerful empire be captured?
It's impossible, it doesn't exist, don't talk nonsense...
"Ah???" Achar was completely confused.
Out of his wits, he seemed to have no other choice.
"Even the powerful Qin State was defeated by the Han State? Then wouldn't the Han State be even more powerful?" Achar said subconsciously.
The Qin State swept across Liuhe and unified the country. At the border of the Great Wall, the grassland people did not dare to invade easily.
The grassland people have suffered greatly from the Qin army, and in the consciousness of the grassland people, only the strong will win.
Therefore, the Xiongnu defeated so many small tribes and annexed them.
Then the Huns are strong.
The Xiongnu defeated the Yuezhi people. Although the Yuezhi people refused to accept it and were not seriously injured, they still could not hide the fact that the Huns were strong.
Well, this principle also holds true for the Central Plains Dynasty.
Therefore, after listening to Lu Jia's story, Achar immediately thought that Han was much more powerful than Qin.
Otherwise, how could there be a crushing situation in the battle?
"Of course Han is the most powerful country. Do you need to think too much about this?" Lu Jia laughed, looked at Achar and continued: "Let me tell you..."
As soon as Lu Jia opened his mouth, he pretended to be difficult again, and thought for a while with a tangled face.
Seeing the expectant expression on Achar's face, he continued: "The Han Dynasty invented a tactic and a new weapon. These two new things are miraculous against cavalry. As long as the cavalry dares to come, it doesn't matter how many men he has.
Even if you fight to the death, you have to stay more than 90% of the time. However, this kind of thing also has disadvantages. If the cavalry goes crazy and wants to escape, it will be difficult to catch up with the two legs of the infantry..."
"Envoy Lu..." Sui He's expression suddenly changed and he quickly spoke to dissuade him.
Is there such a new thing in Han Dynasty?
Why don't I know?
Even if there is, it can't be said so easily.
If the nomads find out, will we still fight this war in the future?
I used to think that Lu Jia was quite reliable, but why did he start talking nonsense after he came to Han?
"Stop talking!" Lu Jia glared at Suihe with sharp eyes.
"As the deputy envoy, I have the right to report to the king your words and deeds during this trip!" Suihe looked slightly angry, obviously irritated by Lu Jia's attitude.
"If you like to report, report it. That's your business. Now I have the final say here. Just listen and listen honestly. If you dare to make the decision and interrupt, be careful that I will punish you." Lu Jia continued to use stern words.
said in a tone of voice.
"You..." Sui Heben is also an eloquent master.
But now that he is dependent on others, who makes Lu Jia his boss?
You can't say it again and again, but he is the chief envoy and he is the deputy envoy. He carries the word "deputy" on his body and does not speak forcefully.
"snort……"
Sui He snorted coldly, then turned his head to the side.
Seeing Sui He's angry look and not interrupting, Lu Jia finally breathed a sigh of relief, put on a smile, and continued to look at Achar.
"Come on, let's continue. I see you have a lot of horses, cattle and sheep!"
"No, our family doesn't have much. Most of them belong to the tribe. We are just responsible for grazing." Achar quickly denied.
Lu Jia nodded and continued: "Is your tribe very big? I see there are not many people in your family. I have given you so many horses, cattle and sheep. What if they get lost?"
"Our tribe is not big, only four to five thousand people, and more than three thousand of them are able to mount horses and fight. As for the cattle, sheep and horses, they belong to the tribe when they are grazing, and they are the rations when fighting. If they are lost, you will be on your own.
If you're hungry and don't have a war horse, you'll have to figure it out on your own." Speaking of his tribe, Achar finally showed a trace of pride on his face.
Although they lost the war, they can only live in the Hetao area that originally belonged to the Qin Dynasty.
But this still does not hinder their inner sense of pride and belonging.
"How is it possible that there are more than 3,000 soldiers who can mount a horse and fight?" Achar said easily, but Lu Jia listened intently.
This is simply impossible. The King of Han was a monarch who paid more attention to the people.
But even so, during the battles to destroy Qin and Chu, they only ordered each place to recruit troops according to the total local population, and one out of ten soldiers was selected.
Only with this ratio of soldiers will it not affect too much farming.
If we choose two out of ten, the impact will be more obvious.
Just look at the state of Chu. This year, more than half of the farming work has been basically wasted.
Before Lu Jia went out as an envoy, the King of Han was already preparing to allocate grain and grass to the Chu land to pacify the people.
Faced with Lu Jia's doubts, Achar scratched his head in embarrassment, apparently realizing that he had gone too far and had been noticed.
So he changed his words: "Actually, there are only more than a thousand people fighting, and the remaining two thousand people are their auxiliary soldiers..."
"Auxiliary troops?" Lu Jia was stunned for a moment, his feelings were like heavy troops.
If we put it this way, then three thousand soldiers would be quite normal.
Before the Han Dynasty, combat was calculated based on the total number of people, including the company's soldiers and logistics.
But when it came to Han, only the real main force was counted.
The reason is that they did not recruit corvees at all, and the only logistics teams they had were serious troops with combat capabilities.
"Yes, my eldest brother is a soldier. During the war, he was in the front, and my father and I were grazing behind with the horses and sheep. The Huns used to be like this, but now their lives are better. After winning the battle,
Many small tribes have become their slaves. As long as a man reaches adulthood, he will be given several slaves and women. When the man goes to fight in the front, the slaves will follow with their cattle and sheep, and other old women will follow behind.
..." Achar said with some envy on his face.
The life of the Huns is the life of human beings.
Among the men on the grassland, who doesn’t want to go into battle?
Who doesn’t want to plunder and sleep with other people’s women?
I have always heard that the women of the Qin State are called "juicy". Their skin is delicate and elastic, and their complexion is also very attractive. Unlike the women on the grassland, who are exposed to the sun and have a dark complexion, they also look older.
Because there are few people here, some work has to be done.
Therefore, when his elder brother dies in battle, it will be his turn.
When he goes up, he will be the head of the family.
That's right, whoever fights is at his mercy. It doesn't matter whether you are the father or the mother. If the father is not dead, the mother is still the mother. If the father is dead, the mother is no longer the mother.
Father's wife succeeds, brother dies and brother marries, this is the main theme here.
There is no such thing as moral or immoral!
Otherwise, the nomads would have ceased to exist long ago.
This was done to increase the population, thus making up for the low chance of nomadic people roaming around, the low chance of marrying outside the tribe, the low age of natural death per capita caused by the harsh living environment, and the sharp decline in population caused by wars, etc.
series of factors.
On the grassland, population is the source of strength. Cattle, sheep, war horses, etc. are just a cloud. If they are gone, you can just grab them from other tribes.
He won against the young model in the club, but lost against the person who fucked him...
Achar secretly thought, when can I live that kind of life? I also want to marry a Central Plains woman, I...
Lu Jia certainly saw the envy and unwillingness in Achar's tone.
I also learned a lot of useful information through Achar’s words.
As for whether the Han scouts had already learned this information, this is not important.
He only does what he should do and what he can do. Whether it is useful or not will be considered by himself later.
It's not easy to go on a mission, and naturally you can't go straight.
I chatted with Achar for a while, all about relaxed and pleasant topics.
For example, when to eat, when to sleep, where to graze in what season, what to do if you get lost on the grassland, how to set up camp, how to ensure that horses, cattle and sheep do not run around, and other common sense of life.
Sui He, who was still angry, felt more and more something was wrong the more he listened.
Calm down and carefully recall what Lu Jia said and did before.
At first glance, it feels like it’s a cliché?
Achar's family has fifty or sixty horses and nearly a thousand cattle and sheep, but the total number of men, women, old and children only makes up a family of six or seven.
And Achar also said that there were four to five thousand people in their tribe, and a large part of their family were the tribe's cattle, sheep, and horses.
To be continued...