Chapter 2536 Some people eat meat and some drink soup
While the disputes east of the Yangtze River gradually subsided, the battles in the north were quietly rising.
Youzhou.
Suppress pylorus.
Zhenyoumen was originally called Zhenbeimen, but after Cao Chun was stationed in Youzhou, he changed the name of Zhenbeimen in Yuyang to Zhenyoumen.
Of course, if Cao Chun knew that there was another bacterium called Helicobacter pylori, he would probably not change the name. Unfortunately, Cao Chun didn't know, so he thought this name was very good.
Cao Chun originally wanted to change it directly to Zhenximen, but he was too focused on it. It is like the landscape of traditional Chinese painting. If the painting is full, it will feel crowded, so leaving a little is just right.
Zhenbeimen, well, Zhenpyoran is actually on the west side.
That's right, the north gate opens to the west, just like the four heavenly kings must be five people, there is nothing wrong with it.
Inward from the city gate is the main street of Yuyang. Not far inward is the aqueduct. There is a stone bridge over the aqueduct. Crowds of people are surging on both sides of the stone bridge. On both sides of the bridge are spontaneous markets, where various vendors are selling.
Goods are sold here.
Although there are mostly soldiers in Yuyang, there are also some common people in the surrounding area.
These people are like weeds, they seem to be able to survive whether in the Gobi or in the crevices of rocks.
Now that there are people and life, it seems that the war is far away from here.
A scholar dressed as a scholar and a servant slowly walked onto the stone bridge. He seemed to pause on the stone bridge for a while. I don't know whether he was lamenting the surging water or lamenting the short life. Anyway, he seemed to be chanting.
After saying a few words, he slowly got off the bridge.
After crossing the bridge, he turned into an alley, and immediately got into a shop under the cover of servants. The shopkeeper raised his head slightly, and when he saw it was a scholar, he tilted his head.
The literati understood, and quickly passed through the aisles and corridors of the store, arrived at the backyard of the store, exited the corner door, looked around, then took a few steps forward, pushed open a small door that was ajar, and entered.
In another small courtyard.
"The Yuyang Outer Camp has 3,300 cavalrymen and about 150 large and small snowmobiles. They left the camp yesterday and went north." After seeing the people in the courtyard, the scholar immediately whispered.
"Three thousand and three? Go north?" The person in the courtyard looked like a middle-aged businessman. He frowned when he heard this, "This amount... can't be said to be too much, nor is it too small. To say that it is small, it is not a lot.
What is this going to do?』
The scribe shook his head.
"How do you think the morale of those soldiers is?" the merchant asked again.
"It should be okay." The scholar said, "But you know, I don't really understand this..."
The merchant nodded, "It's okay, just tell me what you know."
"Before, it was really not that good. You know, after the battle was defeated, the army's salary and food supplies were not available for a while... I heard that there were many deserters, I don't know whether it was true or not... But later, Jizhou's money and food supplies came
It’s a lot better... It’s just that most of these newly added soldiers are refugees and rangers from the surrounding areas... Although they have been trained, they are just like that, okay..."
The literati said it, and the merchants remembered it.
This is the advantage of being a literati. Even if you wander around and look around, you can still show that you are here to collect the scenery and experience it. It is to enjoy flowers in spring, leaves in summer, moon in autumn, and snow in winter. Anyway, there are sufficient reasons.
It is a reason why later generations like to seek public knowledge after these events.
The merchant frowned and said, "So, those 3,300 who moved are elite soldiers?"
"That's right, at least they are better than the soldiers in other cities." The scholar said, "It's just that the horses are a bit inferior..."
"Are there any other soldiers mobilized?" the merchant asked.
"That's not very clear... but I just saw on the stone bridge that there seemed to be fewer ships. Did they go out of the city?"
The merchant frowned, "When you say that, it seems true... Okay, I'll go inquire about this..."
The merchant nodded, then took out a money bag from his sleeve and stuffed it into the scribe's hand.
The scribe shook the money bag, laughed twice, and then stuffed it into his sleeve without saying anything. He turned around and walked back along the original road.
When the merchant saw the scribe leaving, he turned around and left the small courtyard. After changing places, he sat down and drew down the information...
Painted on a paint box.
The paint box was exposed to the sun for a while outdoors. The cold and dry weather in the north caused the paint attached to the surface of the paint box to dry quickly.
Not long after, the paint box was picked up and put into a large frame padded with hay and rags. Then they staggered onto the car, got out of the car again, and passed by a pair of old or elderly people.
, either young, or white, or with chapped hands. I don’t know how long it took, how many days and nights the sun and stars rose and fell, and finally there was a hand stained with some ink, which looked a little slender and belted.
There are some pinch pens in calloused hands.
This is Xinpi's hand.
Xinpi stared at the painting on the lacquer box and pondered.
The painting is so ugly.
Three larger figures, with a child, seemed to be holding sticks or forks, fishing by the river...
Those who knew it understood that it was a painting of people, but those who did not know it thought it was three monkeys.
Or three matchsticks.
"Yuyang...sent more than 3,000 troops...insufficient training..."
Xin Pi pinched his beard and said, "Cao Jiazi, what do you want to do?"
…(O_O)?……
In fact, starting from September, not only Yuyang, but also Cao's troops in various departments in Youzhou have begun to mobilize. Of course, the most important ones are still Yuyang and Yijing, both of which have dispatched cavalry. The largest number of them is Yuyang.
, 3,300, followed by Yijing with 2,500, and other small counties with 800, and some with 3,500, totaling several thousand to nearly 10,000 cavalry.
Round to one hundred million.
Of course Cao Chun didn't go to fight Zhao Yun.
Although Cao Chun had been floating this idea for who knows how long, he still didn't dare to implement it.
That's right, I don't dare.
Because Cao Chun knew that there was still some gap between the cavalry under his command and the cavalry commanded by Zhao Yun. Maybe thirty people versus thirty people could be equal, but three hundred people versus three hundred people
It is possible that the team will fall behind. If it reaches 3,000 to 10,000 people, the winning rate will basically be pitiful, just like the national football team of later generations. Even against Myanmar, they seem to be fighting for a draw instead of winning.
The larger the battle, the greater the slight difference in the quality of the soldiers will be.
One-on-one, even if there is a difference in strength, you can still change the situation of the battle through small means such as throwing sand, shouting flying saucers, etc. But when the number of people increases, tens of thousands, the so-called small means are of little use.
The competition is still about the basics, soldier training, weapons and equipment, as well as the general's ability to control and dispatch the battlefield.
Although Cao Chun doesn't want to admit it, these are facts.
So this time, Cao Chun's target is the Hu people.
Although Cao Chun had enemies with the Wuhuan people, Xianbei people, and Dingling people before, he also cooperated with them, and even made an alliance through blood, but aren't alliances meant to be broken?
Who is stupid enough to say that they believe that an oath of love can last a lifetime?
No way?
Cao Chun went there for the horse.
War horse.
Youzhou is a good place, suitable for raising horses, but the Cao family does not have many war horses. If you want to get war horses, you have to trade with Fei Qian on the one hand, and trade with the Hu people on the other hand.
But transactions cost money. If you can buy it for zero yuan, who would want to spend money?
The Hu people, whether they are Wuhuan people, Xianbei people, or Dingling people, are now in decline in strength in the desert, which almost made Cao Chun's jaw drop...
At first, Cao Chun was still worried, thinking that this matter was not very reliable. After all, this was what Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty wanted to do. As a result, he devoted all his efforts to the Xiongnu. Although it was true that the Xiongnu was crippled, the Han himself was also scarred.
, in the later period, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had to issue a euphemistic edict to admit his mistake.
Then how long did the hussar general fight? How many soldiers were dispatched? How come he was so driven that he fell apart in the desert?
Naturally, Cao Chun carefully considered all of Zhao Yun's battle cases that could and could not be collected, and finally Cao Chun came to a conclusion, which was that Zhao Yun's several winter battles had a major impact on the Hu people.
Strike!
understood!
This is Winter Offensive!
Cao Chun began to calculate his small family fortune and small treasury, and then wondered if he could draw a dipper according to the gourd? He calculated the food and grass, then suppressed it for a few days, and wrote a secret letter and reported it to
After defeating Cao Cao, he got two words, "Try it".
Of course, the specific content of Cao Cao's letter is not that simple. Cao Cao also reiterated some areas that require special attention, such as the transportation of grain and grass, keeping soldiers warm, route guidance, etc.
There is no way, Cao Jun is too short of horses.
"Are all the food and grass ready?" Before departure, Cao Chun confirmed again.
"Everything is ready. The first batch of food and grass in the city, two thousand dan, has been transferred to the north... The cavalry brought ten days of rations, totaling 2,000 dan, and marched with the army. In addition, there were 500 snowmobiles and 300 ships.
Just...just..."
Cao Chun frowned, "But what?"
"I'm afraid the river will be frozen over in a few days, and then it will be difficult to sail."
The temperature in the Han Dynasty was much higher than that in later generations. Just imagine that in the Sanfu area of Guanzhong, the ferns that grew in the tropical and subtropical areas in later generations are actually ferns.
"..." Cao Chun thought for a while, "No problem, hurry up and ship, and when the ice freezes, we can turn around..."
Cao Chun's goal is to fight the slow with the fast, make a fortune and leave. Anyway, his request is very simple, that is, war horses, war horses and war horses!
A rideable horse!
But Cao Chun never expected that the first problem he encountered was not food and grass, nor winter clothes, but firewood.
That's right, usually no one pays much attention inside, and just burns it as it's just a firewood that doesn't cost much!
The problem of military rations that Cao Chun was most worried about was nothing. After all, there was no war in Youzhou and Jizhou during this period. It means that Youzhou has its own output and there is support from Jizhou. Although it is not a lot that can be wasted, but
The amount was enough for Cao Chun to struggle with, but Cao Chun really didn't expect that due to lack of firewood, he would be unable to eat food and grass!
The land east of Sanfu in Guanzhong has begun to use a large amount of new fuel, coal. It is small in size and heavy in weight. Compared with ordinary wood, it can carry a larger amount.
Cao Chun has naturally heard of this matter, but forget it. After all, there is still a lot of vegetation in the big man. You can walk for several miles to make firewood and do it casually in the mountains and forests. There is no forestry and urban management to fine you.
So Cao Chun naturally didn't take it too seriously.
But as soon as we left Yuyang and entered the Gobi Desert, when the trees and shrubs began to become sparse, especially in winter, the problem of firewood was magnified.
Without firewood, not to mention cooking, even heating is a problem!
Finally, we came across a small forest, and even though it was all cut down for firewood, it was still a drop in the bucket. First of all, the sadness of using the wet firewood to light the fire really made everyone cry. Secondly, there was a lot to see in such a small forest.
But one cent for nearly 10,000 people...
Therefore, before the swords, guns, swords and halberds in Cao Chun's men and horses could hit the Hu people, they dug three feet into the ground to find firewood!
But I couldn't find much, and it didn't take long.
It's not that Cao Chun didn't bring firewood, he did.
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 regarded as a trouble. After all, there are fewer Hu people, which means that the risk of threats to the Han people is reduced. This is a good thing for Youzhou, and even the Han counties and villages in northern Jizhou.
But for Cao Chun, no.
With Zhao Yun's control and cleanup of the northern region of the desert, coupled with the operation of the vassal army, some Hu people near the Han Dynasty were either strangled or fled far away. Coupled with the division of the Ding Ling people,
As a result, the number of Hu people near Youzhou decreased significantly.
Cao Chun did not realize this at first. He thought that in the desert, the Hu people were like Zhuanghe in the fields. Once they cut a crop, another crop would grow. He did not expect that even if
People can be planted in the ground, but it will take more than ten years to grow into adults...
So, there was trouble.
Cao Chun arrived at the place where the Xianbei Royal Court used to be, but now there is only an empty place. Maybe if you dig the ground, you can find some broken bones and broken weapons and armor that have not been corroded, but I want to
If you are looking for barbarians and war horses, there will be none...
Cao Chun's eyes were fixed on the north, seemingly hoping 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 scout camp commander!"
By now, even fools have realized that something is wrong.
It's not that Cao Chun didn't send people to detect. He sent people three times, and they all said that they saw traces of barbarians in the old royal court, and now...
Either the barbarian got the news and ran away, or the scout was lying to him!
"I guarantee it with my life!"
"There were indeed barbarians when I came here before!"
"At this place, the young one fought with them for a while, got first-level merit, and was registered..."
The scouts all said that there was no problem. They had indeed encountered barbarians.
Cao Chun carefully screened them, then compared the words of these scouts before and after, and came to a conclusion.
Cao's scouts did not lie to him.
Although these scouts all belong to the scout battalion, they are not in the same queue. Moreover, each of these scouts speaks categorically and in a very affirmative tone. The most important thing is that Cao Chun cannot find these scouts to speak for the Hu people.
reason.
After all, when the scouts came for detection, Cao Chunlai did not express any intention to attack here, it was just a routine detection, so what was the point of them telling lies? Besides, the scouts' family members were all in Yuyang.
Although some of Cao's soldiers still had some free pay, in this matter, Cao's soldiers had not yet reached the shamelessness of the martial Song Dynasty, or they had not yet "evolved" to that level.
The reason why this place became the royal court of the Xianbei people in those days is because there is a large mountain range stretching for nearly a hundred miles to the north, with undulating peaks and mountains. There are more than a thousand peaks and hills. The height is not very high, but it can just block the invasion from the north.
The coming cold current prevented the cold wind from hitting the Old Royal Court directly. At the same time, the mountains also provided some rivers, making the water and grass here rich.
But no matter how good a place is, it is useless if it is said to be unsafe.
It's like the Zhenbei Gate in Yuyang was changed to Zhenyoumen. What gate was it before? If you just change the name and nothing else changes, nothing will be achieved.
Therefore, there are indeed barbarians here.
But it's gone now.
The subsequent search also proved this. Some traces were indeed found in some areas, indicating that barbarians had indeed lived in this area, but they had now escaped.
This shows that there are not many Hu people coming here. After all, there will always be some people coming to 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.
Dozens of people, hundreds of people raised their heads to the sky.
Then when Cao Jun's scouts came, they naturally saw that there were Hu people. Even if the Hu people found Cao Jun's scouts, since there were only two or three people, Cao Jun's scouts would not take the initiative to fight, and the Hu people might not be willing to provoke the Han people, so
Of course everything is fine.
But if Cao Chun makes a big fanfare and the beacon smoke moves, no matter how stupid these barbarians are, they will still know how to run away!
And why didn't you run away when you were in the Xianbei Royal Court?
That's because the number of people in the Xianbei Royal Court at that time was several times greater than that of Zhao Yun!
Moreover, the organization of a few people, to a dozen people, to hundreds, thousands, or more than 10,000 people, every time the number level increases, the matters involved are going up and down.
The small tribe cleaned up and ran away in half a day. However, during the heyday of the Xianbei Royal Court, the population of the tribes directly under it alone exceeded 10,000. Plus the surrounding subordinate tribes, it would take a day just to deliver orders, and even more
Needless to say, packing will take extra time.
The key is that Xianbei was still arrogant back then and didn't take Zhao Yun seriously at all...
But now, these barbarians in Mobei have become frightened birds, and they will immediately run away at the slightest disturbance.
The barbarians ran away and their horses were gone.
Cao Chun, who came excitedly, now faced two choices. One was to withdraw.
