Mobei.
The Northern Region Protectorate Office Camp.
Zhao Yun didn't know whether the night in Wancheng was dark, but he knew that the night in the desert was really dark.
It is sunny during the day, but if there is no moon at night, it is dark. It is hot to death, and it is cold and cold to death. Anyway, it is all going to extremes, so it seems that people in this desert are also prone to extremes.
Zhao Yun stared at Tuyu and was silent.
The big cake shows majesty on his face.
Under the military uniform, he is a strong body, undoubtedly full of explosive power. Enough meat makes Zhao Yun's body look to the next level than before. If Zhao Yun and Lu Bu are now fighting, it is really hard to say who will win or lose.
Not only Zhao Yun, but also the soldiers directly under the guards of the Northern Region Protectorate who have obtained a lot of meat over the years and can run around in the desert are basically big and round, with a tiger's back and bear's waist.
According to convention, in the same year, there are only winter and spring. Zhao Yun stays in Changshan. In the other summer and autumn, he basically leads guards to go deep into the desert. On the one hand, he inspects the place and surveys the area. On the other hand, Cao's army has no idea where Zhao Yun will be stationed and where it will appear.
Because Zhao Yun discovered very early that such bad and extreme weather, as long as the logistics can keep up, is undoubtedly a huge temper for the spiritual level of soldiers and generals. When facing the power of heaven and earth without fear, and facing the lonely and undisturbed wilderness, no matter who faces the real battle formation, he will naturally exert 100% power, or even 120 power.
Perhaps it is precisely because of Zhao Yun's strategy that in the desert, there is such a sharp horse that can come out from anywhere at any time, which is undoubtedly a great threat to Cao's army. No one wants to be stabbed to the back of the middle by such a horse while he is moving or while he is resting...
Zhao Yun is looking at the map.
Above the map, there are various terrain that have been found, including water sources, grasslands, deep ditches, dense forests, etc., and there are even some detailed data marked, such as how big the lake is, how deep the deep ditch is, how many trees are in the woods, etc. However, such maps are relatively detailed in areas closer to the Central Plains, and the further the distance is, the more sparse the data becomes.
Some places are even blank.
Because the areas that scouts can explore are limited by food and water, especially water.
When snow falls in winter, there is no shortage of water. However, when walking in the wild, even if you have skis, sheltered felts, cotton jackets and other objects, you will face the test of life and death when the temperature suddenly drops in the middle of the night. Many excellent scouts died like this. When the snow melts and the spring flowers bloom, a small number of people are discovered by later generations.
Moreover, when discovered, there are often only wreckages left, not even wreckages, only weapons and signs left behind, proving that this was once the last mark of someone...
So, when Zhao Yun came to the back, he stopped letting people do adventures.
The Northern Region is bigger than he thought.
Zhao Yun had already imagined the Northern Region Desert very much before, but when he started to investigate, he found that it was actually more than ten times larger than he had imagined.
It is very difficult to figure out such a large area and land it on the map. If you want to form a sand table, it is almost impossible to complete because you don’t know the specific distance at all, and you cannot form a proportion and land on the specific sand table.
The Northern Region is a land of wind and snow, a land of desert, deep forests and wild animals, but it is not a beautiful home.
If it weren't for the fact that the northern part of the land had boundaries, his ancestors had been to the northernmost point and saw the boundless sea and ice sea, Zhao Yun would have almost thought that the northern region was a boundless Gobi desert.
Of course, Zhao Yun would not know that in the late Han Dynasty, or the Little Ice River climate during the Jin Dynasty, after the Five Barbarians invaded China, it rose again in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Not only did Chang'an Sanfu become a treasure land with abundant rain, but also allowed people in the snow to also gain the grace of the weather, give birth to Tubo, and then embark on the journey of falling in love and killing the Tang Dynasty.
The temperature changes in nature in a hundred years are too long for humans.
Even if it is so long, it makes people feel that it doesn't matter. Anyway, my generation will not be cold to death, so I will do my own thing. As for whether the next generation will be cold to death, it doesn't matter whether I eat or not, but eating still requires eating the next generation and the next generation, and using the next generation. As for which generation the people will use, I can't care, and it doesn't matter to me. After all, one generation can only do the one generation, but the food and drink cost can be slightly surpassed.
Zhao Yun was not that shameless. He never thought that his generation could clearly detect the entire desert. Perhaps he had this idea before, but when he really arrived in the Beimo, he found that this idea was indeed impossible to complete, but this does not mean that Zhao Yun gave up...
"Continue to find some water sources. For small marks, these will become the stationing points of Hu people in the desert, and the large water sources will occupy..." Zhao Yun patrolled on Tuyu, "If we can find a large lake or terrain in the northern desert, we can build cities there and then explore the surrounding areas more clearly..."
Xinpi bowed and said that.
"What happened to Zhang Junyi inspecting the border camp? Didn't it mean that it would arrive today?" Zhao Yun asked again, "Why did his subordinates report the movement of Cao's army?"
"I should be back tomorrow..." Xinpi shook his head and said, "As for Cao's army, it seems that it has been stationed in Yuyang Youbei area and has not made any major moves..."
Both of them were silent for a while.
The border village is the tentacles of the northern territory's protectors, and Zhang He travels back and forth to these military camps, so he can ensure that he can keep an eye on the movements of Cao's army anytime and anywhere. Although the Cao army has always claimed to be fighting Wuhuan before,...
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The Wuhuan people are now huddling in Liaodong, partly between the Baishan and Black Water, partly on the Goryeo Peninsula, and are fighting with Goguryeo, Fuyu, and especially Silla Baekje.
Therefore, the Wuhuan people actually did not dare to have any covetousness of the Han Dynasty, and they were more afraid.
The Hu people have no think tank, and the brain of their patriarch is everyone's brain.
After the Wuhuan people chose to plunge into Liaodong, they gradually became nomads in the mountains and forests, rather than threats from the northern desert.
"Since there is no news for the time being, let's ignore it for now." Zhao Yun took his eyes off Yuyang, "We will make reserves first... so as not to be difficult to deal with when the fight really starts. What is the amount of food and grass in the army?"
Xin Pi took out a roll of silk cloth from his sleeve, then spread it, and wrote ink on it, and then presented it to Zhao Yun, "Please look at the Protector. This is a list of the number of granaries stored in various places... Yinshan, Jiuyuan, Changshan, we built a total of 21 granaries, storing a total of 3.7 million stones of grain, and pickling 180,000 kilograms of bacon..."
It seems a lot, but if we count the current Changshan New City, the surrounding military farms, and the soldiers under Zhao Yun, Gan Feng, Zhang and He, these numbers are actually not much.
A person's appetite will always be a bottomless pit.
Zhao Yun looked carefully, then nodded, and handed the Shujuan to the confidant veteran behind him. "Old rule, you go and bring some people and check a few granaries."
Zhao Yun's confidant veteran took the silk cloth and left without saying a word.
Xinpi seemed to have not seen Zhao Yun's actions, because this was not the first time to check. Basically, when Xinpi handed over the granary list once, Zhao Yun would send someone to check it. It has become a habit, so naturally there is no need to make a fuss or have any unnecessary emotions to express.
"In addition, there is a lack of grass in the camp," Xinpi continued, "You can ask the soldiers to cut some grass within 30 miles of the surrounding area to save some operation costs."
Zhao Yun nodded and said, "Seriously, you just arrange this matter. By the way, how is the temperature drop in the desert?"
There was no mercury thermometer in the Han Dynasty, but it did not mean that ancient people could not measure temperature changes.
During the Qin Dynasty, an ice bottle appeared to observe the time when the water in the bottle freezes to determine the temperature. Of course, this measurement is naturally not accurate enough, but it is enough for the moment.
"The Protector," Xinpi replied, "According to the ice bottles in various places, the desert was frozen earlier than before... If the ice bottles were frozen in advance this winter, it would be enough to prove that what the lord said was not false, and the desert would become colder and colder."
Zhao Yun nodded, looking very worried.
This is not a good thing.
If it is a battle formation, Zhao Yun has some ways, and he can't say that he can turn danger into safety and turn defeat into victory. However, Zhao Yun is really powerless in this weather change and cannot change his direction at all.
The weather is cold and it keeps getting colder. Although it is not much colder every year, it is very different after accumulating over the past few years.
Xinpi continued, "I have asked many people in the North Desert, especially the elderly. Most of the people feel that they are getting colder and colder over the years... In order to prevent the cold that these elderly people feel when they are deficient in their bodies and blood, I also asked some of the middle-aged herders, and they all have similar feelings... Especially the borders of the North Desert, no one dared to go for many years... The lord said that cold comes from the north, which is the ultimate truth..."
『So, more and more Hu people will go south...』 Zhao Yun's eyes stayed on the open space north of Tuyu, "These Hu people are hidden threats..."
When encountering disasters, if there is an orderly country in the daily life and governments come forward to provide disaster relief, they may be able to survive, but for the nomadic people, they only have one way left...
Rob.
Steal someone else's things and let yourself live your own wife and children.
Therefore, behind several large-scale nomadic butts, there were cold winds whistling from the north, endless white disasters and black disasters.
Because this kind of robbery is not very continuity, those Hu people who snatched the materials will eat as much as they can and use them in a very short time. Therefore, most of the time, they will bring the materials back to the desert before winter really comes. As for the Yuan Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty, it is the result of the joint action of many factors.
Xinpi said in a deep voice, "Protector, in his opinion, we should send more people to contact the tribes of the Hu people who are willing to be friendly and kind, so that they can be in the middle and pastoral. On the one hand, we can recruit some people first to weaken their combat power, and on the other hand, we can also serve as a barrier. At that time, a large number of Hu people from Mobei will really go south..."
Zhao Yun nodded and said, "Yes, the matter of the Northern Region Nomad Alliance should be taken seriously now... If there is another large-scale white and black disaster, it will be in chaos and panic, and it will be difficult to get along again."
If these Hu people are willing to transform into flesh shields, of course, a resounding name is indispensable.
This is the same as the co-prosperity circle, but the current alliance must naturally be governed and led by the Han Dynasty.
This is also the reason why Zhao Yun came here, because he needed to summon the patriarchs and leaders of the Hu tribes around him to determine this matter as soon as possible. Otherwise, when winter comes, when the white and black disasters come together, the order will completely collapse, and he will not be able to join forces at all.
The foundation of the alliance is very simple, it is cattle and sheep.
"As far as I know, the number of tribes in this desert herder is only three thousand..." Xinpi said slowly, "Cows and sheep eat grass is also a fixed number. If the number of cattle and sheep is too large, it will easily destroy the pastures... Just like the Han family's fields are exhausted, from abundance to a thinner one. Therefore, for these Hu tribes that gathered in one place due to the severe cold in the north, they can be fed with food and grass and cattle and sheep, and they can be sent directly to Yinshan and then to Chang'an. Now everyone is ready to transport them at any time. "
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Under the white and dark disasters, cattle and sheep will die in large numbers. The dead cattle and sheep cannot have enough freezer and ice storage for refrigeration like in later generations. Sometimes the temperature fluctuates up and down, and the dead cattle and sheep will rot and cannot be eaten.
In response to this point, Zhao Yun and Xin Pi established an alliance basis for exchanging food and grass for cattle and sheep, just like the Han area is quasi-closed. These Hu tribes who are willing to be friendly to the Han people can exchange the excess cattle and sheep for easier storage before winter comes, and then find Han people to buy cattle and sheep after they survive the winter...
Of course, transactions are charged.
At the beginning, some Hu people were unwilling to do so, mainly because they did not believe in the Han people. However, after a small amount of experiments, Jiankun and Rouran people became the first beneficiaries of this trading model.
The Han people are not losing money either...
After pausing for a moment, Zhao Yun said again: "But be careful that these Hu people deliberately use some sick livestock to replace food and grass." This is something that needs to be mentioned almost every year because it happens every year.
There are always people who want to take advantage of it.
Xinpi smiled and said, "What the Protector said is very much. I have ordered that a special person read the rules in the words of Hu Han at the entrance of the market. Those who violate the ban will be punished regardless of Hu Han."
Zhao Yun nodded.
Now in the Northern Region, in addition to the trade fairs in Yinshan, Zhao Yun has also established considerable permanent markets north of Jiuyuan and Changshan, attracting these nomadic peoples to replace their items.
For the big man, no matter how many cattle and sheep are, they are not enough to eat. The Hu people also lack daily necessities, so trading is an inevitable choice, but many problems arise.
Just like what Zhao Yun said just now about the Hu people using sick cattle and sheep to exchange food...
I won’t mention the purchase of zero yuan, there are all there, and the weird thing is that these shepherds think that as long as they are not caught on the spot, they will be fine. They can come back and get it for a second time after running around!
There are also cheating people, such as if they clearly agreed to trade an item, they had to add some more when the transaction was completed, otherwise they wouldn't even think about getting money and would roll around on the ground...
When looking at the pure eyes and honest smiles of these Hu people, people often think that these Hu people will not lie, will not lie, or will not harm others, but in fact it is wrong. It is not that these Hu people will deliberately deceive the Han people, but that these Hu people think that this is their survival ability, just like an eagle flying in the air and a wolf pack running on the ground without teaching. Even after the Han people expose their lies, they will not feel embarrassed or have nothing to be ashamed of.
This cannot be attributed to the moral inferiority of the Hu people, because they did not have time to form a moral concept...
In such a vast desert, it is difficult for the Hu people to form an effective inheritance. Many Hu people are destined to be a cattle herder, a shepherd, a warrior, or a tool for production when they are born.
The Hu people often have no inheritance of knowledge, let alone any civilized system.
Because I have never been exposed to knowledge, the little pitiful education that these Hu people can get often comes from their parents, and their parents' knowledge comes from the "winner", and what the "winner" tells them is what it is.
When a group is destroyed, the people who remain in this group will naturally become slaves to the winners, so the gap in knowledge will inevitably appear. Over time, in most tribal alliances formed by these Hu people, whether in the Northern Region, the Western Region, or in the Sichuan and Sichuan Rivers, many Hu people's moral values ​​are completely opposite to those of the agricultural ethnic groups in the Central Plains.
At the last moment, they would invite him to visit his home with warm and gentleness, and would take out the best, best and most beautiful things in the home to share with the guests, but at the next moment, they would turn their backs on their faces because of a certain action of the guest and cut off the guest's head with a knife.
This is normal in the Hu tribe, and the Hu people never felt that there was anything wrong.
Just like the Huns left, the Huns' language variant became Xianbei, and then Xianbei later evolved into Turkic language. The evolution of this language was in context, but the text was gone.
Words are the root of a nation.
Without this root, you will be drifting around like a nomadic people.
Zhao Yun pondered for a moment, "This wind cannot last."
Xinpi bowed and said, "Since the guardian has decided, I will send someone to inform his clan leader of these things... But if his clan leader is weak and incompetent, he cannot stabilize his position..."
Zhao Yun said: "Then let them choose another one by themselves. The alliance is good for the Hu people, not for us to ask them. If they are not sober enough, they can be sober."
Xinpi bowed and responded.
Chapter completed!