While the dispute between Jiangdong gradually subsided, the struggle in the north was quietly emerging.
Youzhou.
The Pyrano.
The Zhenting Gate was originally called Zhenbeimen, but after Cao Chun was stationed in Youzhou, he changed the Zhenting Gate in Yuyang into the Zhenting Gate.
Of course, if Cao Chun knew that there was another bacteria called Helicobacterium, he would probably not change the name. Unfortunately, Cao Chun didn't know, so he thought the name was very good.
Cao Chun originally wanted to change it directly to Zhenximen, but it was too focused. It was like a landscape painting in Chinese. If it was full of paintings, it would feel blocked, and it would be just right to leave a little.
Zhenbei Gate, well, Zhenmu is actually on the west side.
That's right, the north gate is open to the west, just like the four heavenly kings must be five people, there is nothing wrong with it.
Inside the city gate is the main street of Yuyang, and not far from the inside is a canal. A stone bridge is built on the canal. There is a crowd of people on both sides of the stone bridge. There are spontaneous markets at both ends of the bridge, and hawkers of various colors are hawking goods here.
Although Yuyang is mostly soldiers, there are also some people around it.
These people are like weeds, both in the Gobi Desert and in the cracks of rocks, and seem to be able to survive.
With the people and life, it seems that war is far away from here.
A literati dressed up as a servant, slowly walked up to the stone bridge, and seemed to have stayed on the stone bridge for a while. I don’t know if I was feeling the surging water or feeling sad about the shortness of life. Anyway, I seemed to have recited a few words before I slowly got off the bridge.
After crossing the bridge, he turned into an alley, and then under the cover of the servant, he got into a shop. The shopkeeper looked up slightly and saw that it was a literati, he turned his head around.
The literati understood and quickly passed through the aisle and corridor of the shop, arrived at the backyard of the shop, went out of the corner door, looked around, then snatched a few more steps forward, pushed open a small door, and entered another small yard.
"There are 3,300 cavalrymen in Yuyang Outer Camp, about 150,000 snow chariots in all sizes. They left the camp yesterday and headed north." After seeing the people in the courtyard, the literati immediately whispered.
"Three thousand three? Go north?" The courtyard was like a middle-aged merchant. He frowned when he heard this, "This number... is not too much, not too little, not too little, not too little, not too little, not too little, what are you doing?"
The scribe shook his head.
"What do you think of the morale of those soldiers?" the merchant asked again.
"It should be OK." The literati said, "But you know, I don't understand this very much..."
The merchant nodded, "It's okay, just say you know."
"Is it really not so good before? You know, after losing the battle, the military pay and food supply could not be supplied for a while... I heard that there were many deserters, I don't know whether it is true or not... But later, the supply of money and food in Jizhou was much better... But most of the newly added soldiers were refugees and rangers around... Although they have been trained, they are almost like that, so it's okay...
The literati said, and the merchant remembered it.
This is the benefit of the identity of a literati. Even if you look around, you can say that you are here to collect folk songs and experience them. You are appreciating flowers in spring, leaves in summer, moon in autumn, snow in winter. Anyway, there are sufficient reasons. It is the same for you to like to find public intellectuals in later generations.
The merchant frowned and said, "So, those 3,300 strange moves are elite soldiers?"
"That's right, at least it's better than the soldiers in other cities." The literati said, "It's just that those horses are a little bit bad..."
"Are there any other soldiers transferred?" the merchant asked.
"Then I'm not sure...but I just saw on the stone bridge that there seemed to be fewer ships. Have you gone out of the city?"
The merchant frowned, "You said this, it seems to be the same... OK, I'll go find out about this..."
The merchant nodded, then took out a purse from his sleeve and stuffed it into the scribe's hand.
The scholar snatched his money bag, laughed twice, and then stuffed it into his sleeves easily. Without much nonsense, he turned around and left, and followed the original path and retreated.
When the merchant saw the scholar leaving, he turned around and left the courtyard. After changing the place, he sat down and drew the information...
Drawn on a lacquer box.
The paint box was drying outdoors for a while, and the cold and dry weather in the north made the pigment attached to the surface of the paint box dry quickly.
Not long after, the lacquer box was picked up and put into a large frame covered with hay and rags. Then he swayed into the car and got out of the car. He passed by a pair of old, young, white, or cracked hands. I don’t know how long it took, and the sun and stars rose and fell for many days and nights, and finally arrived at a hand that was stained with some ink, slightly slender and with some calluses.
This is Xinpi's hand.
Xinpi stared at the painting on the lacquer box and pondered.
It's so ugly.
Three older people, with a child, seemed to be holding a stick, or holding a fork, fishing by the river...
Those who know understand that it is the person who paints it, but those who don’t know it are still thinking it is three monkeys.
Or three match sticks.
"Yuyang... sent more than 3,000 troops... training was insufficient...
Xinpi pinched his beard, "What do Cao's son want to do?"
…(O_O)?…
In fact, since September, not only Yuyang, but also Cao's troops in Youzhou have begun to mobilize one after another. Of course, the most important ones are still Yuyang and Yijing, and cavalry were dispatched, with the most of them being Yuyang, 3,300, followed by Yijing, 2,500, and other small counties are 800, and some are 3,500, and there are also cavalrymen that are several thousand or nearly ten thousand.
Round 100 million.
Of course, Cao Chun didn't go to beat Zhao Yun.
Although Cao Chun had long known how long this idea had been wandering around, he didn't dare to let him implement it.
That's right, I don't dare.
Because Cao Chun knew that the cavalry under his command still had some gaps compared with the cavalry commanded by Zhao Yun. Perhaps thirty people could be at odds with thirty people, but if thirty people were against thirty people, it might be a disadvantage if thirty people were against thirty people. If thirty to thirty people were against thirty people, then the winning rate would be pitiful, just like the national football team in later generations. Even if they faced Myanmar, they seemed to be competing for a draw, not winning.
The larger the battle, the larger the slightest gap in the quality of soldiers will be.
One-on-one, even if there is a gap in strength, you can change the situation by throwing sand and calling flying saucers. However, as many people are large, there are thousands of people. The so-called small methods are useless. The competition is still the basics, including soldiers training, swords and guns, and the generals' control and dispatching ability of the battlefield.
Although Cao Chun is unwilling to admit it, these are facts.
So this time, Cao Chun’s target is the Hu people.
Although Cao Chun had been hostile, cooperated with the Wuhuan, Xianbei, and Dingling before, and even made alliances with blood, isn’t the alliance just used to break it?
Who is so stupid that he believes that he can manage his vows for the rest of his life?
No way?
Cao Chun went for the horse.
War horse.
Youzhou is a good place and is suitable for raising horses, but Cao's family does not have many war horses. If they want to obtain war horses, they have to trade with Feiqian on the one hand, and on the other hand, they have to trade with the Hu people on the other hand.
But transactions cost money. If you can buy them for zero yuan, who would want to spend money?
The Hu people, whether they are Wuhuan, Xianbei, or Dingling, have now declined in the desert, which almost made Cao Chun's jaw fall off...
At first, Cao Chun was still worried and felt that this was not very reliable. After all, this was something that Emperor Wu of Han wanted to do back then. As a result, he devoted all his strength to the whole country. Although he had indeed disabled the Huns, the Han Dynasty was also covered in scars. In the later period, Emperor Wu of Han had to issue a tactful self-criticism to express his mistakes.
Then how long did the General of the Cavalry work? How many soldiers were dispatched? Why were he so desperate to die in the desert and falling apart?
Cao Chun naturally thought about all Zhao Yun’s battle examples, what he could and could not be collected, and then he asked Cao Chun to summarize a conclusion, that is, Zhao Yun’s several winter battles had a major blow to the Hu people!
I understand!
This is the winter offensive!
Cao Chun began to calculate his small fortune and small treasury, and then wondered if he could draw a ladle according to the gourd? He calculated the food and grass, and then suppressed it for a few days. He wrote another secret letter and reported it to Cao Cao, and then got two words, "Try it."
Of course, the content of Cao Cao's specific letters is not that simple. Cao Cao once again reiterated some places that need special attention, such as the transportation of food and grass, keeping soldiers warm, route guides, etc.
There is no way, Cao's army is too short of war horses.
"Are all the food and grass ready?" As the departure approached, Cao Chun confirmed again.
"Everything is ready. The first batch of food and grass in the city was 2,000 stones, and it has been transported to the north first... The cavalry brought ten days of food, totaling two thousand stones, and advanced with the army. In addition, there were 500 snowmobile cars and 300 ships... but...'
Cao Chun frowned, "But what?"
"The river will probably be frozen in a while, and it will be difficult to sail by then."
The temperature in the Han Dynasty was much higher than that in later generations. Imagine that in the Sanfu area of ​​Guanzhong, there are ferns that grew in the tropical and subtropical regions in later generations, and you will know that.
『…』 Cao Chun thought for a while, "It's okay, hurry up and wait until the ship is frozen, and then it will turn around..."
Cao Chun’s goal is to fight slow and make a fortune. Anyway, his proposal is very simple, namely war horses, war horses and war horses!
A horse that can ride!
But Cao Chun never expected that the first problem he encountered was not food and grass, nor winter clothes, but firewood.
That’s right, no one will pay too much attention to it in normal times. He burns firewood that costs less than a few dollars!
The military ration issue that Cao Chun was most worried about was nothing. After all, there was no wartime period in Youzhou and Jizhou during this period, which meant that Youzhou had its own output and Jizhou support. Although it was not a lot that could be wasted, it was still enough to make Cao Chun trouble. However, Cao Chun really didn't expect that he would watch the food and grass be unable to speak out because of the shortage of firewood!
In the south of the Three Fu Hedong area of ​​Guanzhong, new fuels and coal have begun to be used in large quantities. They are small in size and heavy in weight. Compared with ordinary wood, they can carry a larger amount.
Cao Chun naturally had heard of this, but it would be fined. After all, the Han Dynasty still has a lot of vegetation, such as firewood, and it takes a few miles to go, and it does whatever it takes to do in the mountains and forests. There is no fine for forestry urban management, so Cao Chun naturally didn't care much.
However, as soon as we left Yuyang and entered the desert Gobi area, the trees and shrubs began to become sparse, especially in winter, the problem of firewood was magnified.
Without firewood, let alone cooking, even heating is a problem!
I finally encountered a small wood, and it was cut down all of it as firewood, but it was still a drop in the bucket. First, it was so sad that wet wood was used to ignite fire. Everyone was crying. Second, there were still many such a small wood, but nearly 10,000 people were...
Therefore, before the swords, guns, swords and halberds in their hands were stabbed into the Hu people, they first dug three feet to find firewood!
But I couldn't find much, and it didn't take long.
It’s not that Cao Chun didn’t carry firewood, he brought it.
Unfortunately, it's not enough.
Then the second trouble Cao Chun encountered was that there were fewer Hu people.
This is the biggest trouble...
Strictly speaking, this problem cannot be considered a trouble. After all, there are fewer Hu people, which means that the threat risk to the Han people is reduced. This is a good thing for Youzhou and even the Han people's county and villages in northern Jizhou, but for Cao Chun, it is not.
With Zhao Yun's control and cleaning of the northern desert area and the operation of the surrendered army, some Hu people near the Han area were either strangled or fled far away long ago. Coupled with the split of the Dingling people, the Hu people near the Youzhou area decreased greatly.
Cao Chun did not realize this at the beginning. He thought that in the desert, the Hu people were like Zhuanghe in the fields. After cutting one crop, one crop would grow. He did not expect that even if people could plant it in the ground, it would take more than ten years to grow into a human...
So, it's trouble.
Cao Chun arrived at the former Xianbei royal court, but now there is only empty space left here. Perhaps after digging the ground, you can find some broken bones and broken weapons and armor that have not yet been corroded, but if you want to find Hu people and war horses, there is no more...
Cao Chun stared at the north with his eyes tightly, as if he hoped that some miracle would happen there. Well, maybe he just hoped that a group of wild horses would appear, but unfortunately, there was nothing.
"Call the military marquis of the scout camp!"
Now, even fools realize that the problem is wrong.
It’s not that Cao Chun had sent people to detect it. He sent three troops in a row, and it was said that he saw the traces of the Hu people in this old royal court, and now...
Either the Hu people got the news and ran away, or the scouts were lying to him!
"The little one is guaranteed by his life!"
"When I came before, there were indeed Hu people!"
"Just in this place, the young man fought with them for a while, got a level of merit, and registered..."
The scouts said that there was no problem. They did meet the Hu people.
Cao Chun carefully identified the words of these scouts before and after, and came to a conclusion.
Cao's scout did not lie to him.
Although these scouts belong to the scout camp, they are not from the same queue. And they all speak firmly and their tone is very affirmative. The most important thing is that Cao Chun cannot find the reason for these scouts to speak for the Hu people.
After all, when the scout came to detect, Cao Chunlai did not say that he would attack the place, but it was just a routine detection, so what's the point of telling lies? Moreover, the scout's family was all in Yuyang.
Although there were still some people in the Cao army who had a little salary, in this matter, the Cao soldiers had not yet reached the shamelessness of the martial Song Dynasty, or had not yet "evolved" to that level.
The reason why this place became the place for the Xianbei people's royal courts was that there was a large mountain range of nearly a hundred miles in the north, with undulating peaks and undulating mountains and hills, and the height was not very high, but it just happened to block the cold current that invaded from the north, so that the cold wind would not directly rush towards the old royal court. At the same time, the mountains also provided some rivers, making the water and grass here abundant.
But no matter how good the part is, it is useless if it is unsafe.
Just like the north gate of Yuyang, it was changed to the pylorus of the town. What gate was there before? If you just change the name and the other ones, you will not be able to "conquer" anything.
So, there are indeed Hu people here.
But now there is nothing.
The subsequent search also proved this point. Some imprints were indeed found in some areas, indicating that there were indeed Hu people living in this area, but now they have run away.
This shows that there are not many Hu people coming here. After all, there are always some people coming in a place with such abundant water and grass, but the problem is that there are not many Hu people coming here.
They are all small tribes.
There are dozens of people, hundreds of people.
Then when the scouts of Cao's army came, they naturally saw that there were Hu people. Even if the Hu people discovered Cao's army's scouts, because there were only two or three people, Cao's scouts would naturally not take the initiative to fight, and the Hu people might not be willing to provoke Han people, so of course they were at peace.
But Cao Chun made great efforts and the war was moving. Even if these Hu people were stupid, they knew they would run away!
Why didn’t you run away when the Xianbei royal court was in the past?
That's because the number of people in the Xianbei royal court at that time was several times higher than that of Zhao Yun!
Moreover, a few people were organized, from more than a dozen people, and from hundreds to thousands, and more than ten thousand people. Every time the level of magnitude was increased, the matter involved was rising.
The small tribe cleaned up and ran away in half a day. For example, during the heyday of the Xianbei royal court, the population of the directly affiliated tribe alone exceeded 10,000. In addition, the surrounding subordinate tribes took a day to pass orders, not to mention that it took extra time to pack and clean up.
The key is that the Xianbei was still arrogant back then and did not take Zhao Yun in his eyes...
Now, these Hu people in Mobei have become frightened birds, and they immediately ran away with a little bit of turmoil.
The Hu people ran away and the war horses disappeared.
The two choices Cao Chun, who was excited, are now facing, are to withdraw.
Chapter completed!